The Daily Dig for Monday, August 17

Capital Match has raised $710,000 in their Series A round meaning Singapore’s borrowers and lenders have another place where they can meet. Michael Tegos reports.

Aussie banks and Apple in battle

Apple wants to offer Apple Pay in Australia while taking the same cut they do in the States, even though Aussie banks charge half the American rate. There’s a few other sticking points too, writes James Eyers.

India’s banks working hard to include the unbanked

Bank staffers walking to rural villages are one extraordinary measure India’s banks are taking to reach out to people from rural areas who are unbanked. Saifur Rahman reports.

New innovations disrupting finance

Blockchain and peer-to-peer lending are playing disruptive roles in finance, a technology executive writes in the Nation. Read more here.

A two-time LendIt Journalist of the Year nominee and winner in 2018, Tony has written more than 2,000 original articles on the blockchain, peer-to-peer lending, crowdfunding and emerging technologies over the past seven years, making him one of the senior writers in the alt-fi sector.

"The evolution of the crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending scenes is absolutely fascinating to chronicle. It is a joy to be around people with such passion and vision."